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  1. Posted

    Originally posted by Xaaji_xundjuf:

    Fact is Maakhirians cant stand puntlanders and there greed for rule remember majihaan 2 years ago karbaashki ka dhacay ma taasa la leeyahay ha is raacdo

    Correction: Maakhirians and Puntlanders are of the same blood; they are the same people. Just different Admins.

     

    The day when Puntlanders are seen as foreigners in Maakhir (and the whole of Somalia) and visa versa, then that day would herald the dearth of Somalinimo.

  3. Posted

    Originally posted by Suldaanka:
    quote:

    What if the will of the people in certain segment of what used to be British Protectorate is against the dismemberment drive as manifested in Sool and Sanaag?

    Simple really. You don't have to look far, Kosovo is a good example of what happened to a renegade minority.
    So in more simpler words; decimation or wholesale cleansing? Talk of the "Serbs of Somalia complex'. Here I was starting to think Somaliland's case was being equaled to that of the Kosovars seeking international recognition.

  11. Posted

    Haddii anan dhulkeygoow

    Dhuux cadaawe kuu karin

    Haddii anan dhulkeygoow

    Dhiig kuugu fool dhigin

    Haddii anan dhulkeygoow

    Gobanimada soo dhicin

    Soomaali kama dhalan

    Maalkaaga maan dhaqan

    Caanihiisa maan dhamin

    Ciiddana dhab uma ladin!

     

    Haddii anan dhulkeygoow

    Gaajo kuugu dhuubnaan

    Haddii aan dhibaatada

    Dhexda soonka ku adkayn

    Haddii anan dhaxantiyo

    Milicdaba u dheerran

    Soomaali kamaan dhalan

     

    Dhirta midhaha kamaan gudhan

    Dhuunigaaga maan cunin

    Kuma dhaqaaqin magacaa

    Maalkaaga maan dhaqan

    Caanihiisa maan dhamin

    Ciiddana dhab uma ladin!

     

     

    Alla ya cizak, Qallinle... haddii anan dhulkeygoow....alla ya cizak...ragganimo!

     

    Anna anoon Dhulkeygoow dhiig amxaaro kuu qubin, Macbuudkoow ku baryaye hay dilin. Illaahoow intaas unbaan kaa beryey ee ducadeyda ii mujiib! Illaahoow!

  12. Posted

    ^^Well, that's alright then Adam. Apart from suggesting AP for his skill, I was trying to make your future project seem more inclusive, you know, more unionist :D .

     

     

    Odey, on the Geledi Sultante, perhaps looking up in your institutes's library for the below biblio would yield some results:

    Luling, Virginia. (2002). Somali sultanate: The Geledi city-state over 150 years. London: HAAN.

    Relates history of town formerly called Geledi now called Afgooye, home of the Geledi clan, which

    existed as an early city-state before Italian colonization. As with other Somali areas, clan loyalties and

    alliances form the political framework. Colonization and modernization have barely changed basic village

    roadways or cultural hierarchies, but European building styles and dress coexist with the old. Explains

    settlement patterns, cultural hierarchies, and economic and agricultural practices. An annual New Year's

    Stick Fight symbolically recreates local history. Includes some maps and illustrations.

    Hope that helps, Odey.

  13. Posted

    Abstract

    This working paper offers an outline of Somali migration in the 2oth Century, primarily to the West. The

    paper argues that the overall geopolitical development from colonialism to the so-called new post cold war

    world order significantly has structured migration from the Somali region to the West. In order to

    contextualise Somali migration, the paper briefly goes through the biggest events in Somali history from the

    turn of the 19th Century: Colonialism, independence, and civil war. Different cohorts of migrants include

    nomads and traders crossing African colonial boundaries; sailors and soldiers in the British Royal Navy both

    during and after colonialism; student and professional migration to the colonial powers, and after

    independence to the former Eastern bloc up until 1977, and to the West after 1977; oil workers and whitecollar

    workers to the Gulf; and refugees following the outbreak of civil war in 1988. Three ‘migration stories’

    told by three Somali-Danes shows how historical events and conditions as well as personal initiatives and

    coincidences have framed their journeys and destinations. Finally, the paper concludes that Somali migration

    seems to continue within Europe, where Somalis who have obtained Western citizenship move on to the UK,

    but also to Somalia and Somaliland.

     

    http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp23.pdf

     

    Enjoy...

  14. Posted

    ^^Oh no you didn't. You are not walking out on me young lady.

     

    Err...walk gracefully. I might write a poem about it, who knows..? Some already did...

     

    'she walks in beauty like the night...

    Of cloudless climes and starry skies,

    Blah blah blah....''

     

    ;)

  22. Posted

    Ahmed-dou really sounds clueless runtii. He goes shooting off to another subject when a specific question is asked, like: 'write to your congressman, write to your congressman' :D .

     

    Similarly I could understand why the young man who sounded angry and the lady from Sanaag were irritated with him. The fellow was put under some intense heat, though. It was good to see our pro-resistance brothers were out in force. That's what we need to see. I am proud.

     

    Xudeydi, no brother. I am not familiar with the young lady who put up that good fight lol. I like her approach, telling the man 'don't ignore my question' smile.gif . But the man's answer was altogether irrelevant. He went about talking about a whole different story and then when he was reminded he was beating the bush, what was his excuse? 'Erm I am not Somali, I cannot understand everything like you'. Well what do you know? The very man who gets paid to know everything about Somali issues doesn't know a thing about what he is getting paid for. The lady'll make a good spokeswoman for Maakhir wouldn't you say?

     

    I just wonder whether she's single though smile.gif . Kidding of course.

  23. Posted

    http://www.c-span.org/video_rss.aspx?MediaID=35503

     

    If you listen to what Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is saying at the end of this talk, he actually mentions that the former Somali state had made exploration contracts with big oil companies, and that current Admins in Somalia are falsely giving away contracts to 'fake' company based in dodgy parts of the world.

     

    PS: Also in the middle, there is a Maakhirian sister putting him on the spot about Somaliland's attempts to invade Sanaag smile.gif . She's fiesty too lol.

  25. Posted

    ^^Well, much more older and reasonable men (of the ARS) than me, have made the decision to give possibility of negotiation a chance, and who am I to condemn them for that? I am sure these men know what they are doing.

     

    On Yey's time running out, do you think he'll simply give over to another leader like Aden Cade when his time is up? I doubt that would happen. I am banking on him being forced off the seat. That's what I mean by his time running out peacefully.